Transcript: Making sense of the SV 150

San Jose Mercury News

Posted:
04/12/2014 01:00:32 PM PDT

Updated:
04/14/2014 04:04:54 PM PDT

The SV 150, the Mercury News' annual accounting of the largest technology companies in Silicon Valley, found a drastically changed environment in the 2014 edition. While Apple remained on the top, its financial machinations drove investor returns to record highs, and the jockeying elsewhere on the list included Google topping Intel for the first time and Tesla zooming up the list. Here is the transcript of columnist Michelle Quinn and data miner Jack Davis in an online chat about the trends shaping the varied sectors of the Silicon Valley technology sector.